Drought deciduous refers to plants that drop their leaves during dry season or periods of dryness, such as plants of the California Coastal sage scrub community. This may be contrasted to plants that drop their leaves during cold periods.
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Geoffroea decorticans — Taxobox name = Chañar image width = 240px image caption = isolated G. decorticans in the Argentine Pampa status = LC regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae genus … Wikipedia
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